This is the mesopotamia and the ur anf uruk and stuff.
This is the egypt and nile river stuff. your images are too big to read your map.
This is the the Sumerian Medicine by Tonny Shim.
This is the Ancient Egypt comic. Which is by Tonny Shim.
Assignment 1
Using your notes and page 4 from your online textbook, answer the following questionson your wiki page.
1. Were you born in a BCE year or an CE year? I was born in the CE year because i was born in Comman Era
2. Put the following dates in order: AD 2000, 3100 BC, 15 BCE, AD 476, AD 3, CE 1215. A
: 3100BCE, 15BCE, AD2000, AD476, AD3, CE1215.
3. If you read that an event happened c. AD 1000, what would that mean? That would mean 1000years after christ was born.
Assignment 2
Just like the questions you were asked in class, please create five questions about the timeline we used in class.
1. What events happened before the Common Era?
A: 8 things happened before Common Era:
1. Emergence of modern humans
2. Burin (tool for carving wood) was invented
3. Last Ice Age
4. Sewing needles were invented
5. Cave paintings created in France
6. Fishhooks were invented
7. Farming of corn in Peru
8. Emergence of cuneiform
2. Columbus reached America in 1492, what decade was this?
A: the 1490’s
3. How many years are there between the beginning of the building of the Great Wall of China and the paper invented in China?
A: 221-105: 116 years
4.What do you think this means, “Emergence of cuneiform”?
A: emergence of ancient writing.
5. What do you think burin means?
A: A tool for carving wood
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Assignment 3
Human Origins-The Puppet Play Project Response
Note you will have 3 class periods to prepare your plays. See Resources-1
Answer the following questions on your wiki page.
1. What were your roles in the 'Creation of a Puppet Show' project?
The roles I took in the "Creation of a Puppet Show" project were to think about the costumes for the puppets, make the puppets with my group members and help the scriptwriter with ideas.
2. What Problems did your group run into?
The problems that our group ran into were that we didn't have a lot of puppets and we could have made the background a bit more interesting.
3. How did your group deal with these problems?
Our group made more puppets that were more creative than other ones and we tried to make the background more interesting.
4. Identify two similarities between all of the origin stories.
The similarities between the origin stories are that they all had good backgrounds and none of the people who actually did the paper puppets didn't use like light do make a real paper puppet show.
5. Compare and Contrast any of the two origin stories presented in class (at least one paragraph).
Well, in class everybody did a different story and also they did the puppets as different styles or materials. the similarities is that they all did a excellent job and also they all made a good back ground. There were three groups which presented one was the Greek and another was Chinese and the last thing was Egypt. I thought that the Greek group and the Chinese group looked like they had the same style of the puppets and also have nearly the same endings.
Assignment 4
Please read pages 29 & 30 from your online textbook and answer these questions clearly and in complete sentences on your wiki page.
1. On which continent were Lucy and other hominids found? A: There contenent is africa.
2. What is the scientific name of Lucy? A: Lucys scientific name is Homo Eructus
3. How long ago did Lucy live? A: Lucy lived over 3 million years
4. What was an important step in human development? A: They important development was to walk on two legs.
5. Describe and explain how these hominids are different from each other. Use the charts about the hominids on page 30 to help you with the answer.
Make sure your answer is clear and detailed.
Australopithecus
Homo habilis
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A: These Homids are different from eachother because the brain size and the year of how much they lived is different and also the top 2 on the graph do not have what they used but the bottom two do. Also, it is developing more stuff and also the brain look different.=
Homo erectus
Homo sapiens
6. Which hominid are you?
A: My hominid is a homo Sapience because that the time where the english is built and this is also called Wise Man. Homo Sapiens predate the development of English by hundreds of thousands of years..more or less.
Assignment 5
Read pages 32-34 from your online textbook and answer these questions clearly and in complete sentences on your wiki page.
Why do historians need archaeologists and anthropologists to study prehistory?
What might have been one advantage of walking completely upright?
What kind of tools did people use during the Paleolithic Era?
Design a stone and wood tool you could use to help you with your chores. Describe your tool in a sentence or two.
What is a hunter-gatherer?
In your opinion, what was the most important change brought by the development of language?
Define the boldfaced words above.
Answers: 1. The historians need them because they need to have could information from the past and also know alot about the stone men.
2. The advantage of walking straight is that they could not crawl and also it would be more hard for them to not walk of lots of reasons in life.
3. I think that in the Paleothic Era there tools were wood and spears.
4. I would design a stone which could be a vacuum and put electronic device in there and then make it clean our rubbish.
5. A Hunter Gather is the early stone age people who hunt and catch wild plants to survive.
6.The thing that I thought was the importance development for the language is that know the cave men know how to speak and also when they got the language it was better for them to communicate.
7. Prehistory: This means archeologists discovery's and spots during human history.
Paleolithic era: I think that this means a term which you call "Stone Age".
Tools: Tools are things that you use when you hunt or when you try and fix something.
Hunter Gatherer: A hunter gather is a hunter who usually catches animals and wild plants. (This is usually girls who do it)
Assignment 6-
Use your online textbook (p. 40 & p. 41) to answer these questions clearly and completely. Please put your answers on your wiki page. 1. Read the paragraph in the Beginnings of Agriculture section on p.40 and answer the question (How could this discovery change your life?). Read The First Farmers and Plants section on p.41 and answer these questions: 2. What is another name for the New Stone Age? 3. What kinds of tools did people make during this time? What do you think they used these tools for? 4. In the textbook it says that people during the Neolithic period could now make fire. Which hominid would this be? 5. When we changed from gathering food to growing food, historians called it the Neolithic Revolution. Why do you think it's called a revolution? 6. What is the definition for the word 'domestication'? 7. Using the map on p.41, which animals were domesticated in Asia? 8. Using the map on p.41, where was corn first domesticated? 9. If you were a farmer, how would your life be different than a hunter and gatherer. Give three ways your life would be different.
1. A: This discovery would change your life by getting more food and also it is delicious but also this is a place which you would only know so you could eat lots of food each day. Also, you would not need to worry about food if you only just spit the seeds on the ground.
2. A: Another name for new stone age is, “Neolithic Era”.
3. A: They polish stones to make tools like saw or driller. These could be used for making houses better or cutting hard food which you want cut with your mouth. Well., for the drillers they could of drilled there houses on the ground to make a toilet and for the saws they could of cut some meat.
4. A: It would be the Homo sapiens or the Homo eructus.
5. A: It is called revoulution because it is know a new stage upon so like a new start of the Neolithic period.
6. A: The definition for domestication is, The process of changing the plants or animals to make them more useful for humans.
7. A: The animals which are domesticated are the Hors and the Sheep and cattle and last of all Goats.
8. A: The corn was first domesticaded in North America.
9. The three ways your life would be easier is you would not need to get plants or get animals the second is that you would have to do hard work but it is not that hard as actually have to get animals and plants, 3rd is that you would not be that stressed by coming back and down with the object you are holding.
Assignment 7
Write 3 good test questions covering any of the topics we have studied so far.
Answer these questions clearly and completely on your wiki page.
1. What was the main difference between life in the Paleolithic period and life in the Neolithic period?
2. How did people's lives change as they began to domesticate plants and animals during the Neolithic period?
3. What are some advantages and disadvantages of the changes in daily life that occurred as a result of the development of agriculture?
Answers:
The three test questions:
1. Do you think that the neolithic period had a good surgery for people ho are hurt? Why?
2. In the video, "Walking with the cave man" Video do you think that they had fruit to eat? Why?
3. Which time was the paleolithic period and which time was the neolithic period? Why?
The thinking questions:
1. Well, as you know you could see that the main difference was that in the paleolithic time it was a very hard time to be happy in life but in the neolithic time it would of been easier then the paleolithic. This could be because of the food supplies or the "Trading".
2. As you know this was the biggest substance in life. Well, suddenly in that time there is a plant which actually gains alot in. You would actually not need to even think about the food.
3. The disadvantages for agriculture is you wouldn't be in a hunting mood lots of times because everything would be there in your farming place but the advantage in agriculture is that you would not be always thinking about which food you would have.
Class Study Guide
Hominids and their Characteristics:
There is the Homo Sapiens and the Homo Habilis and the Homo Eructus and the Austrolopithicis. The Austrololpithicis term was the first men or woman who was standed on the Earth and then it was the Homo Habilis and then the Homo Eructus and then the Homo Sapiens. these were the importance for the Hominids. as you know the Austrolopithicis was called The southern ape and also was and it appeared in Africa in 4 to 5 million years ago and they standed upright and these were the first people who discovered Earth. There brain size was the 3 size for the usual brain size. Now next is the Homo Habilis this type was the next term and was called handy man and also appeared in Africa about 2.4 million years ago. They used early stone tools for chopping and scraping. There brain was about half the size for Modern humans. The next is the Homo Eructus. These people are now called Upright men and the appeared in Africa About 2 to 1.5 years.They used early stone age tools like axes. Also they learned to control fire and they also migrated to africa to asia and then Europe. The Homo Sapiens Also is called the Wise man and they appeared in Africa about 200000 years ago. They were migrating around all the world. Thia Homind is the same speciey as the hominid right know so we are in the Homo Sapiens world. These people used to learn fire and a lot of variety of tools. They developed there own language. These are all the Hominids in our world until know but this could be carried until later.
Vocabulary:
The vocab that I think that I need to know or practice more is these:
Homo Habilis
Homo Erutus
Homo Sapiens
Austropithicis
Flint knife
Obsidian knife
Tools
Hunter gatherer
Neolithic
Paleolithic
Even though I know these vocabs I think that I should practice more and get a good score on the test.
Aspects of Daily life effects notes:
Well, for the aspects of daily life I thought that the main difference was that the food was very hard to get and also the hujnter gatheres did nmot know that much developments for catching animals or plants. Also, I thought that the seetlement so as said the places where they live is way different because in the Neolithic term there houses were well made and more easily comfortable but for the Paleolithic term it was way different and also there houses were all made in rags and all mushed up.
Also, there resources were all different because by making the jewelry with animal teeth or fur than rather making the necklace with real good jewelry is a way different term. This is because making it would teeth would of hurt you and it would stink because they would not have machines which clean the teeth and they do not also have a sharp teeth maker which it could make the teeth more sharp. Know the last two things is that the shelter and the technology. First with shelter, in the neolithic period they had excellent shelter and also had a place like our houses we have but if the paleolithic period this was a way different situation... They did have shelter but this shelter is very fragile like a tent so if lightning comes then you go hell so this was a very dangerous shelter to sleep and eat in. now it goes to the technology, the technology is basically the tools which they use for there hunting and cutting. In the paleolithic period they had like a obsisdian knife which was there best hand knife which they ever made n there life time. But in the Neolithic period they actually had a driller and chopper and a hand ax. So this the information which is different between the Paleolithic and the Neolithic.
Assignment 8
Use these two videos about Catal Huyuk to answer these questions clearly and completely on your wiki page.
1. What are three things about daily life in Catal Huyuk that surprised you? Why did they surprise you?
2. What are three things about daily life in Catal Huyuk you knew already from class?
3. Jookie is a 12 year old living in Catal Huyuk. Explain three ways her life is different than yours. (Note: Simply saying you have cell phones and she doesn't is an unacceptable answer.)
1.There are 3 things that i was suprised of, 1 is when they actually did a surgery with a stone tool and it was actually making the person alive. I thought that this is a suprising scene because even in these times we cant get a surgery with a rock because you might die but they actually did it and he survived. The other one is that when he discovered that when he actually peed he actually found the water and also from that time he knew to grow crops and that started the agriculture. I thought that this is a suprising scene because they knew how to start the agriculture. Also The last thing is that when they kind of painted the head of the person i thought that this was interesting because if they really liked that person then they shouldnt do these weird stuff but they actually did a painting and i was really satisfied at that scene in the you tube video.
2. I knew that Catal Huyuk was a place in Turkey and in this place there were people and they traded and this was the first place to which actually start the agriculture and domestication.
3. Well, she is actually living in Catal Huyuk and she is also a past ancestor she has been telling us the agriculture and also the domestication.
Assignment 9
Now that we are finished with the Early Humans unit, I would like you to reflect on what you have learned about Early Humans. Please complete these sentences clearly and with specific details. Write the answers on your wiki page.
1. The single most important thing I learned was...
2. Something that confused me or that I didn't understand was...
3. What surprised me the most was...
4. I would like to know more about...
5. The part that I think I will always remember was...
1. The important thing that i learned in this section is when we talked about how they started Agriculture and also how they started the domestications. This is because i really thought that farming and growing stuff was actually was just made by a regular farmer but it was actually not that and also about the domestications i thought that this term is also just commonly made and not in those hard terms the past people into.
2. Something that i did not understand that is when we talked about the Effect on Daily Life. I thought that this was hard because when he gave us Homework of it i did not really know that we had to look at the article to get the answers.
3. The thing which suprised me the most was when the agricuture started and also when the domestication started. This is because there were lot of details in both when i thought that it was so plain.
4. I would actually like to learn more about the Catal Huyuk assignment because i wanted to have more information about that place and why it is called Catal Huyuk and also why is is named or in Catal huyuk are there any more interest in the place or else How did they actually train the animals and as well as called Domestication.
5. The part i think that i would always remember is the part about the skull of the head which is dipped down in paint. This is because it is gross and also i am always thinking why would i do that to a person i actually like...?
Assignment 2-1
Answer the following questions and define the vocabulary (if any) clearly and with details on your wiki page. Use the links above from the Class Activity 2-1to help you answer the questions.
Event A: Food Shortage
1. What helped the human population to grow in Mesopotamia?
2. What does cultivate mean?
3. By 5000 B.C.E. what major problem did the farmers in the Zagros hills have?
4. Using the choices in the critical thinking section of the activity, what is the best way to deal with the food shortage? Why?
Event B: Uncontrolled Water Supply
1. What two major problems did farmers have as they tried to grow their crops on the Mesopotamian river plains?
2. How did they solve these problems?
3. Where did the melted snow that caused flooding come from?
Answers for event a:
1. Well, how the human population came bigger is that when they started domesticating sheeps and animals and when they grew alot of crops and also when in the neolithic time when they got timber. They also made better shelter and more better food and crops.
2. Cultivate is a prepared or could be a used land for crops and other growing and also gardening on lands.(Farming).
3. However the bad situation was that on that when the sun was to hot there ground came to stiff so they could not plant there crops because they died easily and farely quickly.
4. I think that the number b is the best because the other ones are trying to do something bad to somebody or something. Even though it could damage our places we could still try at least and we shouldn't give up.
Answeres for event b.
1. The two things that were bad in mesopotamia is when the soil on the ground was to stiff an hard and really dry and the other ones was the hot and strong winds blew all the soil out of the way.
2. well, they were trying to solve this problem by actually self making a watering system and making it .
3. The flooding was coming from down the foot hills so actually the plains of the river.
Assignment 2-2
Answer the following questions and define the vocabulary (if any) clearly and with details on your wiki page. Use the links above from the In Class Activity 2-1 called Event C: Building and Maintaining a Complex Irrigation System & Event D: Attacks by Neighboring Communities to help you answer the questions.
Event C: Building and Maintaining a Complex Irrigation System
1. What was the first simple method farmers used to get water to their fields from the Tigris and Euphrates Rivers?
2. How did farmers prevent flooding?
3. Over time, carrying buckets of water to the fields was too difficult. Please clearly explain how levees, canals, dams, and reservoirs were used to make life easier for farmers?
4. Which word means an extra supply of something such as food?
5. What could happen if one canal was clogged?
6. How did different villages take care of the complex irrigation system?
Event D: Attacks by Neighboring Communities
1. How did Mesopotamian villages help each other?
2. How were people, who lived very far apart, connected to each other?
3. What did many villages grow into?
4. What do we call the region in Mesopotamia that had many growing cities and towns? What are the people called that come from this region?
5. How could one city stop the water from reaching another city?
6. Why was it easy to attack other cities on the Mesopotamian plains?
7. What defense plan is best to protect a city?
Ansewers:
Event c
1. Well, I think that they actually went to the river and got the water and came back to there houses and drank.
2. They actually made a system which they could prevent the flooding from. They actually poked a wall and did it.
3. Well the leeves are used for to actually protect you house from other defenses. (Farming). And Canals is to control like the direction of the water with the wind. The dam is which something which blocked the water from coming to much.
4. "Surplus" means a extra supply.
5. If the canal was clogged then they had to started cleaning and try to not get it clogged.
6. I think that because of all the damages they actually made some items. or examples like I said the dams or the leeves and the canals or stuff like that.
Event d
1. The villages help each other by trading and also giving each other food. They also worked on getting stuff out. When also a battle comes they kind of helps.
2. They were actually connected by like a link. They were connected in a irrigation system to.
3. The villages grew into alot of cities or towns.
4. It was "sumer".
5. They actually went to the cities and blocked the canals of them because the canal was blocked.
6. Because it was a small place compared to ours and they are towns people.
7. I thought that a good defense plan would be to have alot of armies in front and also have a lot og gates so they can not come in. Also we could make an entrance for the people who need to come out of that place.
Assignment 2-3
Please read pages 56-59 from your online textbook and answer these questions clearly and in complete sentences on your wiki page.
1. How did the Fertile Crescent get its name?
2. What was the most important factor in making Mesopotamia's farmland fertile?
3. In what ways did a Division of Labor contribute to the growth of Mesopotamiam civilization?
4. How might running large projects like the maintaining a large and complex irrigation system prepare people for running a government?
Answers
1. Well, I thought that it got its name by saying that Fertile is like soial anf Crescent is the land shape is like a crescent.
2. Well, being in two rivers which fertilized the land between.
3. Well, they had jobs like religious leaders and government workers.
4. Because people would like your idea and actually want to pick that person because he could smart.
Assignment 2-4
Using The Six Characteristics of a Civilization (see below), answer the following questions clearly and with details on your wiki page.
1. Is Korea/ the U.S. a civilization according to the six characteristics explained in class? Provide one example from Korea/the U.S. for each characteristic.
2. Does a civilization, in your opinion, need to have all of the characteristics mentioned? Why or why not?
The Six Characteristics of a Civilization:
1. A system of government that directs and controls some actions of the members of the society.
2. A regular food supply that is not likely to suddenly change.
3. Specialization of labor, in which members of the society perform different jobs.
4. Different social levels, in which some members of the society are given higher status than others.
5. A highly developed culture including art, architecture, music, literature, science, and writing.
6. A religious system, which might include priests and temples.
Answeres:
1. Well, I think it is the US. This is because the the government does control the members of the society by laws and other stuff. The people alss does not change the food supply suddnely because if they did then it would be different. And also in every coumtry every member has a different job and changes the lives. The people also social levels so there could be people who are rich and people who are poor. There also could be alot of different culture like art music and science math, Because in schools they have all these other subjects. They do have a religous thing because of christian and catholic.
2. Well, I think that they should not have everything. I thought of this because they could change the food supply suddenly or they could actually have more cultures. It is not nesscary that they have to do everything.
Assignment 2-5
Use your online textbook pages 63 & 64 to answer these questions clearly and with details on your wiki page. Make sure to look through the whole page in your textbook and the links for the vocabulary when answering some of the questions.
Where did the Akkadians live?
What was their relationship with the Sumerians like before the 2300s B.C.E.?
Who was Sargon and what did he do?
What did Sargon establish?
Define 'empire'.
Explain two examples why Sargon is considered a great leader.
How long did Sargon rule his empire?
What eventually happened to the Akkadian Empire?
Who eventually became the most powerful civilization in Mesopotamia again?
Using the picture of the City-State of Ur, what can you see in the picture that shows Ur was an advanced city?
Answers:
1. These people lived in the north part of Sumeria, but they said that they are not actually Sumerians.
2. They actually lived on piece happily but after 2300 BCE they actually broke the peace.
3. Sargon was a person when the piece was broken he was the one who built the territory. He actually mad a capital called, "Akkad" and also, nearly won.
4. "Sargon" established to make a capital called Akkad which is near the Euphrates River.
5. Well it means like a group of country's having a big country authorize them.
6. He was a great considered leader because he does his work properly and always think and then acts out things. For example when he made the capital.
7. He ruled his empire for about 1th century.
8. Well, they did not want the enemy to come in, so they got Ur and they then conquered Mesopotamia.
9. Well, the sumerian's actually became the most powerful civilization.
10. IT was very wide and also they had high wall to surround around every where. They also, had made canals connected to Ur.
Assignment 2-6
After playing the Trader's Circuit, answer the following questions in complete sentences on your page. You can copy and paste these questions into your page. Then go to the discussion tabs of at least three other classmates and make good quality middle school comments about your classmates answers to the questions about the Trader's Circuit game. You can make comments to your classmates like if you agree or disagree or comments about how good their answers and ideas are.
Trader's Circuit questions
1. What part of the game did you like the best? Why?
2. During the game, how did you feel and why did you feel that way?
3. What part of the game was difficult for you?
4. In your opinion, what advantage is there to having a monopoly of an entire product/resource such as dates or jewelry?
5. What part of the game would you change if you played it again? Why?
6. In this game, was it better to cooperate with another player or to be selfish and try to get all the products/resources for yourself? Why?
Answers
1. The part of the game I liked most was when I actually got my materials I really needed. This is because I got all my stuff and also I actually completed a big work of mine.
2. I felt not that happy because actually "someone" was actually stealing my cards and also Sihaks card. This felt that he was actually should get wipped because in this game if you steal the cards you could actually could get in big trouble.
3. The part what was difficult for me was when me and my sellers had to actually argue in through something to goet that but what if you need the same thing and only one person has it.
4. A good thing is that they could actually get there things they really need and also in that time jewelry was very good so we actually need everything of these stuff.
5. If I played this game again then I would change the rules like if you had 2 of each card then you could win. This is because if we only aim for one material then we could get fighting and always asking for the same thing.
6. Well particulary in this game I thought that this game you should actually be selfish because you need your markets to be good and also it would take alot of time if you really cooperated.
Assignment 2-7
Source: Read pages 74 and 75 in your online textbook
Directions: Read the questions/directions carefully and write clear and detailed answers on your wiki page.
1. Read the "If you were there..." section on page 74. How will you advise the King?
2. What happened to Ur by 2000 BCE?
3. Where was Babylon located?
4. Who became the king of Babylon? When did he become king?
5. What is a monarch?
6. After conquering all of Mesopotamia, what did Hammurabi call his empire?
7. Hammurabi was a great warrior and leader. What other skills did he have?
8. What is Hammurabi's Code? What areas of daily life did the code cover?
9. Give two reasons why Hammurabi's Code was important.
10. What eventually happened to the Babylonian Empire? How is this similar to what happened to the Akkadian Empire?
11. Read the different laws in the Code of Hammurabi on this site and choose three that you think are interesting. Copy the three laws and their numbers onto your page. Then for each law, explain why you think it's interesting. You can write about if you disagree or agree with the law or if you think the law is a good law or a cruel law.
Assignments:
1. Well, I would say that they should rather punish the noble people because they are higher than normal common people because these noble people are more or have a more higher stage and also these common people should actually kind of learn from the noble people what to not do and what to do.
2. This is when UR'S power ran out and also the mesopotamia went weird and also it got kind of low.
3. It was near the Euprhates river and which is know Iraq.
4. The new king is Hammurabi and he actually became the king in 1972.
5. A monarch is It is like the kindgom or the empire.
6. He called it the bablyon empire.
7. Well, he had ruling the other country skills.
8. Hamurabis code was to actually punish people who did something wrong liking to sew.
9. This is because his code was the for everbody to see so it would of been very illegal.
10.When Hammurabi died then the city was then not strong and also the Akkadian empire faded away after the king died.
11
1. If his son is still young, and can not take possession, a third of the field and garden shall be given to his mother, and she shall bring him up.
I think that this is not fare because well even thought though his son is not possesed just because he is the son of the top people he should rule the world and be the king or queen of a country.
2. If any one bring an accusation of any crime before the elders, and does not prove what he has charged, he shall, if it be a capital offense charged, be put to death.
This is not good to because something actually called death is a bad thing. Well, i think that even though someone did something really bad or wrong it is still bad to actually kill someone.
3. If any one steal the property of a temple or of the court, he shall be put to death, and also the one who receives the stolen thing from him shall be put to death.
This is very bad because I said that killing people I bad and also if you just kill the person with no reason then this is not good because this reason could be a good thing they are actually doing, well you never really know.
Assignment 2-8
Source: Read pages 76 and 77 in your online textbook
Directions: Review Pages 76-77 and choose one of the groups below. Research the group you have chosen (two links are provided for each already) and complete The Characteristics of Civilization Chart for the civilization you have chosen. Write clear and detailed
answers in the chart, on your wiki page.=Characteristics of Civilization=
Civilization Name: Assyrians
You can see by that sentence that there are traders and soldiers there.
Six Characteristics of Civilization
Evidence for Characteristic
Explanation
A system of government.
Government or high statue person.
This works by actually putting a more higher statue person or government who actually controls things like the system of something.
Specialization of labor.
This is like the slaves or the servant or like the low people.
This is when they actually have jobs but they are all different jobs.
Food Supply.
This was when they got over the Tigris and the Euphrates river.
Then these people did not need to think about the food that much.
Because they have the water and something to eat.
Highly Developed Culture.
They had art and science and also music.
These Sumerian people did these jobs for fun or for real.
Different social levels.
This is the term when high person and low person.
This is like when the king or queen is actually a more high statue place on the throne then the noble people.
Religious System.
This when they believed the gods or not.
When they believed in the gods they actually went to the Ziggurat and prayed.
Was it difficult to find evidence for the culture you picked? Why or why not?
Yes, because even though he gave us the source, it was very hard for us to make the decisions and actually write.
Carefully read your online textbook pages 88 and 89. (Note: Make sure you scroll down on page 89 to see more information.)
Use the map above, the maps in the Egypt Resources wiki page, or your Scribble Map search function
Directions:
Your task is to label a map of the Nile River and ancient Egypt on your current Scribble Map. You must mark, label, or represent famous sites, cities, and other objects. Label everything carefully. (Note: Marklabel means use a text label, represent means draw a symbol to show the item.) means use a marker,
You must also provide an image and a description for some of the labels. Each description must be at least three sentences long and must be clear, detailed, and specific. Your description should give us clear information to help us understand the item or place and why it was so important for ancient Egyptians.
1. Represent and label the Nile’s Sixth Cataract to the First Cataract.
2. Label the Red Sea.
3. Represent three mines and three quarries. Provide an image and a description for each mine and quarry.
4. Represent and label these historic sites: the Valley of the Kings, the Great Pyramid of Khufu, the Sphinx, Abu Simbel, the Pharos (lighthouse in the port of Alexandria), the Bahriya Oasis and the Farafra oasis (include palm trees). Provide an image and a description for each historic site.
5. Mark these cities: Abydos, Thebes, Giza, Hermopolis, Memphis, Bubastis, Rosetta, Alexandria, Meroe, Khartoum, and Elephantine
6. Label these geographical features: the Western Desert, the Eastern Desert, the Nile Delta (include animals found here), the Sinai Peninsula, the Wadi el-Natrun, the Mediterranean Sea, the Gulf of Suez, the Nubian Desert. Include animals of the desert. Provide an image and a description for each geographical feature.
Directions: Go to the link above to mummify a body. As you work to mummify the body, answer the following questions clearly and with details on your wiki page.
A: The body goes into a big toumbne and then it has the soul.
What are amulets and how were they used? Give two examples of amulets that were used and explain why they were used.
A: The The amulets are the simbles. One is the heart amulet and another is the Scarab amulet.
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Assignment 3-2
Source: Pages 93 & 94 in your online textbook and refer to your river boat tour notes
Directions: Answer the following questions clearly and with details on your wiki page.
1. Read the If YOU were there section. How do you feel about working for the pharaoh?
A: I would still listen to the pharaohs orders. This is because If I don't then it would be rude and then something bad could happen to me.
2. Eventually the Third Dynasty began in ancient Egypt. The Third Dynasty was the beginning of what historians call ............. . When did it start and end?
A: The kingdom started at 2700BC and ended at 2700BC
3. Explain how ancient Egyptians felt about their country and their pharaoh
A: They thought that the gos had all the power. So they thought that he could do everything.
4. What were the responsibilities of the pharaoh?
A: The responsible things that the pharaoh should do is that they should rule the people and be like the boss.
5. What is best known about the famous pharaoh, Khufu? Can you name a specific monument built for him?
A: Khufu built the, "Great Pyramid Of Khufu".
6.a Clearly explain the structure of society in the Old Kingdom. (Note: This should be a long answer.)
A: Scribes: These people made things and also produced a lot of goods.
Crafts men: These people were like the scribes.
Pharoah: The king and the ruler of the place. A person who is now mummified.
Slaves: These people usually worked for more high statues people, usually the pharoah.
6.b. What may be some advantages and disadvantages of such a large segment of the population being farmers, servants, and slaves?
A: The slaves could produce the food because in slaves there is also the farmers. But if they do not then they would not
6.c. What did farmers do during flood season?
A: They had to gather the crops or they would die. The crops had to be sheltered.They also had to make the buildings for the pharoahs.
7. Clearly explain trading in ancient Egypt (what was traded and who they traded with).
A: These people traded goods like leopard skin or jewelry.
8. Define the word acquire. Use acquire in an original sentence.
A: Define: To come into ownership. Sentence: I had to acquire my property's.
9. Using the drawing of Egyptian society on page 94, explain where Viziers would be placed?
A: The viziers would be around the nobles part or section on the map.
Assignment 3-4
Part 1:Go to this site and read about the different Egyptian gods and goddesses. Choose one of these that you would like to be and explain why you would like to be that god or goddess. Then choose one that you would notwant to be and explain why. Make sure your explanations are middle school quality explanations.
Answer: The god I actually want to be is Aten. This is the god of sun. I would like to be like him because he could control the temperature and also has hand which grab things. Also, after Akhenaten was there the god was Aten.
The god which I don't want to be is the gos called, Tawaret. I do not want to be this god because he cares about the pregnant woman. Also, I thought that what kind of god would have this job.
Part 2:Compare these Egyptian gods and goddesses with the Mesopotamian gods and goddesses. Did you find similar gods? Name the gods/goddesses and clearly explain the similarities? Why do you think they are similar even though Egypt and the Mesopotamian civilizations were different?
Answer: Well, the gos which looked kin of the same was in mesopotamia is "Mushhushshu", and in egypt it is, Shu. The simliarties is the bodys style and the color. Also, the shapes. Well, I think some are simialir because if the names are similair. LIke In egypt it is shu and in mesopoyami it is Mushushushsu. So they both habe the shu in them.
Assignment 3-5
Read the information here about the three kingdoms in ancient Egypt. The problem with these three paragraphs is that each paragraph does not have specific details or evidence. Your task is to find specific details and evidence from our textbook for the information presented in each paragraph about each kingdom. Then re-write the paragraph adding the new specific details and evidence you found. Write the new paragraph on your wiki page. Grade each paragraph for quality:
4=outstanding work, detailed, correct and above the call of duty
3=very good work, completes assignment, is above average
2=completes assignment correctly, average work
1=does not complete assignment, needs work
0=does not follow directions, assignment missing
Part 1 The Old Kingdom (2700 BCE - 2200 BCE)
Specific details and evidence about this kingdom can be found on pages 98-100 in our textbook.
Your specific details and evidence should give more information about...
Pyramids (definition, examples, construction details)
Workers
Importance of the pyramids
Explanation: (2 or 3)
These people built something called a, "pyramid". A pyramid is a 3d triangle shaped tomb. IN these tombs there are gods and or the place rulers. Which are buried, in the pyramids. The pyramid has four side triangle and has spectacular monuments in it. These Egyptians first built the pyramid in the Old Kindom period. Well, the largest pyramid or toumb is the, "Pyramid of Khufu". These people first mummifi the rulers and then take out the brains and organs and wrap them with the tape. These Egyptians really thought that the pyramids were important because they thought that if they mumifi the ruler and bury them in the pyramid then they thought that the ruler of that place is still there and then the people still pray. There are workers which made these pyramids. The first pyramids which was built was not smooth on the corners and side. Then these worker thought and then began to make smooth pyramids in about 2700BC. And also the steps and the outer sides of the pyramid was made and covered with limestone. Then the workers would of have the entrance in with the rocks and then there is the pyramid. Then the government records how much they worked and then thy get paid.
Part 2 The Middle Kingdom (2100 BCE - 1800 BCE)
Specific details and evidence about this kingdom can be found on pages 101-102 in our textbook.
Your specific details and evidence should give more information about...
the difference with the Old Kingdom
what life was like during this time
wars or battles and who was involed
Explanation: (2)
The Old kingdom had Wealth and power and now it declined. The new kingdom came out. The MIddle Kingdom. For the next 160 years the nobles ruled the Egypt and no kingdom ruled it. Then by 2050BC a lot of powerful pharoahs were defeating the rivals and then the Middle KIngdom started. Then from 1750BC the Hkyos invaded in. These people used horses and charoits ti conquer the Lower Egypt. Then they one and conquered the place for almost 200 years. In the 1500BC the Egyptians invaded back. Then Ahmose the ruler of Thebes decleared the war and said that he is going to rule all over Egypt.
Part 3 The New Kingdom (1500 BCE - 1000 BCE)
Specific details and evidence about this kingdom can be found on pages 101-103 in our textbook.
Your specific details and evidence should give more information about...
the causes of the growth of trade
what life was like in an empire
wars or battles (invasions) and who was involved
Explanation:
This was the time when the Egypt expansion was growing. Egypt expanded the military forces and it gain a lot of power. I this period all pharoahs were powerful and they were all buried in the Valley of the kings. In this time period because the pharoahs were strong ther were alot of wars between other groups. These people wanted the wars so if they win then they would be the ruler of all that place too.
Assignment 3-7
Ancient Egypt Topic Peer Assessment
Go to our YouTube Channel and login using the username and password given in class.
You will assess your classmates' videos using the rubric for the ancient Egypt project and by answering the questions below. Each answer must be at least two sentences long.
Post your assessment in the comments section under each classmate's video. Please make sure you include your first name only or your comment will be deleted.
You must comment on four classmates' videos:
classmate above your name
classmate below your name
two other classmates of your choice
(Note: YouTube has a 500 word limit on comments. You might have to divide your assessment comments into two posts.)
1. How did your classmate make the video interesting and creative?
2. Was it easy to understand your classmates presentation including his/her voice? Why or why not?
3. Clearly explain two things you learned from your classmate's video.
4. How could your classmate improve his/her video?
Assignment 3-8
Now that we are finished with the ancient Egypt unit, I would like you to reflect on what you have learned about ancient Egypt. Please complete these sentences clearly and with specific details. Write the answers on your wiki page. If you need reminders of what we did, just scroll through the assignments on this page or look through your notes.
1. The single most important thing I learned was...
A: I learned a lesson that Social Studies is a big part of life because I never new about Ancient Egypt. I think that it is very important to know about this topic.
2. Something that confused me or that I didn't understand was...
A: Nothing really confused m but I really did not like doing the MAP, because I thought it was kind of waste of time.
3. What surprised me the most was...
A: I was surprised when I learned so much stuff in Social class about Ancient Egypt, and now that I know everything about it.
4. I would like to know more about...
A: I would like to know more about the Egyptian Pharaohs and what these Pharaohs do.
5. The part that I think I will always remember was...
A: When we did the big Project on Ancient Egypt, with my friend.
Directions: Look at the map above, read the text below, and answer the following questions on your wiki page:
In the 1990's, satellite pictures revealed an ancient, dried riverbed located in India's present-day Thar Desert. Geologists have identified this riverbed as the route of the ancient Sarasvati River. The Sarasvati lay east of the Indus River and generally followed the same course, originating in the Himalaya mountains and emptying into the Arabian Sea. Geologists believe that the Sarasvati River dried up around 1900 B.C.E. Over time, the once fertile area around the Sarasvati River dried up around 1900 B.C.E. Over time, the once fertile area around the Sarasvati evolved into the dry, hot desert that exists today.
Early Indian agricultural settlements arose in the Indus-Sarasvati river region at least as far back as 6500 B.C.E. Like many other ancient peoples, the early Indians settled by rivers. They settled primarily on the banks of the Sarasvati River as well as along the banks of the Indus River. These rivers provided the ancient Indians with plenty of water, and the land near the rivers was fertile and excellent for growing crops. The rivers also provided the Indians with a convenient way to travel and trade among themselves and with other civilizations. Archeologists have found artifacts from the Indus-Sarasvati civilization - such as carved seals - in Mesopotamia's Sumer. These discoveries have led scholars to believe that the early Indians traded with Mesopotamia, possibly by traveling in ships down the Indus and Sarasvati rivers to the Arabian Sea and then west to Sumer and other locations.
After the Sarasvati River dried up around 1900 B.C.E., the Indus-Sarasvati Indians moved to more habitable areas, such as the fertile banks of the Ganga river further east. Archeological evidence shows, however, that people settled by the Ganga River as far back as 5000 B.C.E.
Questions:
1. In what ways is your map similar to the one that you see in the map above?
My map is similiar to the map you gave us because it has the same futures and places. Also it shows us the settlements where the Indian people lived.
2. What physiographic features can you identify on this map that are not on your map?
I could see that there is something called, "Sarasvati River". But overall not a lot of stuff are missing.
3. Why do you think settlements developed along the Indus and Sarasvati rivers? Explain with clear and complete details.
This is because the Indus and Sarasvati river has a lot of Fertile soil and is good land to grow crops.
4. Accurately draw and label the ancient Sarasvati River on your map.
5. Why did ancient Indian people eventually migrate to the Ganga River?This is because they also thought that this was a good Fertile Bank in the further East.
Assignment 4-2 Website: Indus Valley Use the website above to answer these questions. Write your answers in complete sentences with clear details on your wiki page.
1. What was discovered during the excavations of Mohenjo-Daro?
Jewelry and seal tablets and statues. Toy for a lot of youngers and things made out of clay.
2. How is Mohenjo-Daro similar to our cities today?
The cities are busy like ours right know. They have proper houses with proper clothing and also have windows... ETC
3. What can we learn from archaeological discoveries (such as artifacts and city construction) in Mohenjo-Daro?
We new a lot of Mohenjo-Dara history and how they lived and there settlements.
4. Give clear and specific information about how people lived in Mohenjo-Daro. In your answer, you have to talk about the artifacts that you discovered and put into the museum.
Well, in Mohenjo-Daro people live in the West of India near the Indus river. These people had accesory and water irrigation stuff and wells and grain measuring tools. The girls and boys where the accesories because they want to look pretty and rich. These people need to drink and ash so they need the water irrigation systems and the wells. The grain mesuring is used for measuring grain.
5. What do we know about the Priest-King?
Someone called the Priest King was discovered or known on the year 1927. He was a good person and he was a king of priest.
6. What was the Great Bath and how was it used?
The Great Bath was a very important Citadel. It was the main scene. It is Northern half of the Citadel.
It is built of fine brickwork, measures 897 square feet (83 square metres), and is 8 feet (2.5 metres) lower than the surrounding pavement.
Assignment 4-3 Source:
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Archeologists Ideas Mohenjo-Daro.pdf
Think about the activity we did in class as archeologists in Mohenjo-Daro. Using the source above, your ideas, and the notes you took about archeologists ideas, answer the following questions clearly and completely on your wiki page. Each answer should be at least two sentences long with specific information.
1. What have you learned about daily life in Mohenjo-Daro from this activity?
I thought that everything was depended on the specilization of labor because it was like the governments controls and the society controls.
2. Which characteristics of civilization do you see represented in the artifacts you looked at? Explain.
On these artifacts I saw Cultural Art work and designs. This is because the designs on the seal tablets and the designs on the accesories is very peculiar.
3. In what ways do you think Mohenjo-Daro was like a modern city?
I think that the plumbing made the city modern a lot.
4. Why do you think it is difficult for us to know exactly what life was like in ancient civilizations like those in the Indus-Sarasvati region?
This is because the Ancient civilization words are really hard to read because they are Ancient. Also it would be difficult to get a lot of information because we do not know how to read or write or speak Ancient India.
5. What do you think might have contributed to the decline of Mohenjo-Daro?
These could be robbery or killing or murder. It could also be bad environment like flood wash mud or destroying crops.
Assignment 4-4 Answer the following questions clearly and with details on your wiki page.
1. What varna were you in during the caste system simulation?
Answers: My Varna was the lowest class and is called, "Sudras".
2. What was your favorite part about the caste system simulation? Why?
Answers: My favourite part of the Caste system is that we where the lowest class but I liked the acting.
3. What part of the simulation made you angry, upset, or frustrated? Why?
Answers: I was angry when we were the lowest class and the other varna stages could ask us anything and we have to do everything for them.
4. Do you think this system is fair? Why or why not?
Answers: This system is not that fair because he should let us pick which Varna stage we should be.
5. Do you think a society should organize people into social classes? Why or Why not?
Answers: I think that the society should be organized in social classes because that's the way the society works and that is your problem because you made your self form a social class.
Use the website above and what you have learned in class so far to answer these questions about the early Indus River Governments.
1. Why would having a central government help in planning and organizing a city?
Answer: If you have a central government then that ruler could control everything fast, but then if you have a lot of rulers or governments then if your ideas do not mach on something then it would take long and hard to do.
2. Who were Rajahs?
Answer: They are the rulers of the city. The indus River Valley.
3. What is a Guru?
Answer: I type of teacher. Spiritual teacher.
4. What subjects were taught in school?
Answer: The subjects were all on religious Nature. They had to do chores.
5. Who was in charge of the government?
Answer: The Indus priests were in charge of the governments. This is because they were the highest level on social levels. Also, because they are the one who make offering to the gods.
6. Why did people look up to the priests?
Answer: Because they were the ones who does offering to the gods.
After completing yourUnderstanding How Ashoka's Edicts Helped Unify India sheet answer the following comprehension questions:
1. What are the main ideas expressed in Ashoka's edicts?
Answer: I think that the main idea of Ashoka's edict is that you should respect other people and do not be mean. For example obey your parents and friends. Also not suffer from things.
2. What are some of the ways in which Ashoka's leadership promoted unity in India?
Answer: The ways he promoted unity in India is that he made tree's and resting places for the people and also made cold and fair rules. He said that bad peolpe should be treated in a bad way and good people should be treated differently.
3. In what ways did Ashoka's Buddhist beliefs contribute to the unification of India?
Answer: The Buddhist contributed in a lot of reborning like Samsara and also a lot of obeying the parent and friends. Always giving chances to pole and treating nice to them.
4. In addition to the edicts, what else might have contributed to the unification of India during this time period?
Answer: There could be Kings and queen and thereu should be more edicts about treating poor people nicely.
5. Explain how one of the edicts you examined could be categorized another way
(i.e. instead of Buddhist Values it could also concern Justice)
Answer: The one with the people should not got to jail for no reason. This cold be jusctice because it is unfair.
Assignment 4-7
Source: Online Textbook pages 162-171
Directions: You are a sage and you will teach your classmates a part of ancient India's history. The four parts (groups) are...
Group 1: The Mauryan Empire (page 162-163, 166)
Group 2: The Gupta Empire (page 164-165)
Group 3: Indian Achievements- Religious Art & Sanskrit Literature (page 167-169)
Group 4: Indian Achievements- Scientific Advances (page 170-171)
Each part has (or might have) pictures, illustrations, maps, dates, vocabulary words, and important people. Your job as a sage is to become an expert on your part so you will be able to comfortably and confidently teach others. Remember that if you don't understand the information, you won't be able to teach others properly. Follow these steps to become a great sage:
Steps
Read all the information on the pages you are responsible for. Don't just read the main parts, look at the other information such as maps or diagrams or pictures.
Take notes in your notebook and answer the Reading Check question after each section to make sure you understand the information. You also have to answer the questions about your section from page 176 (section 4 or 5).
Decide how you are going to present the information to your students. Will you just talk about the information (this can be boring) or will you use visuals or give a slideshow presentation (this can be more interesting)? Remember that your students have not read the information and are counting on you to teach them in an interesting and educational way.
Answer: We could educate in another way by not onlt talking but some kind of acting it out for an example or showing them something interesting.
How will you check if your students understood the information? Will you make up questions to ask them? What else will you do? Will you ask your students to create something that shows their understanding? Think about how you are taught at school and the activities you do in your classes.
Answer: We could check if the students understood by asking them at the end a summary of what we said or questions.
Your students must do the work you give them and they must do the following:
add at least three important events to their timelines (you choose the events)
Assignment 6-3
Directions: Read the following information about the Minoans and the Mycenaeans and then answer the questions that follow in your notebook.
The Origins of the Greeks
The Minoans:
Minoan culture developed on the island of Crete in approximately 3,000 B.C.E. Minoan palace murals (wall paintings) and painted pottery show us a great sea culture, fueled by fishing, farming, and local arts. The Minoans were master sailors and set up long-distance trade routes with Spain, Egypt, Canaan, and Asia Minor. Socially, the Minoans were an egalitarian (equal) culture, with both men and women holding respected positions in the fields of religion, agriculture, and craftwork. Recreation enjoyed by the Minoans included dancing to music and song, "bull-leaping" - and boxing, complete with boxing gloves and mouth guards. The remarkable peace-loving character of the Minoan civilization is obvious because they didn't have fortresses, war equipment, and painted battle scenes among the remains of their settlements. The Minoan civilization is historically important to Greece because it was the model for the Mycenaean (pronounced my-sih-NEE-in) civilization which is considered the earliest developed culture on mainland Greece.
The Mycenaeans:
Mycenae was settled in 2,700 B.C.E. Most of the myths about ancient Greek heroes and their famous battles come to us from the Mycenaeans. Later Greek poets such as Homer used these tales in their writings. The Mycenaeans spoke an early form of the Greek language, and developed an agricultural economy based on grains, grapes, and olives. Like the Minoans, they traded by sea with Egypt and Asia Minor. Unlike the Minoans, the Mycenaeans devoted most of their energies to developing a strong military. The circular royal tombs of Mycenae reveal collections of decorated uniforms, elaborate helmets, chariots, daggers, and axes. Horses were also extremely important to the Mycenaeans, as they were the vehicles of war. Mycenaean documents suggest that their society was hierarchical, with kings and soldiers in positions of power at the top of society, and prisoners of war who became slaves at the bottom of society who served the kings and soldiers. Other than artwork showing religious festivals and musical performances, very few artifacts of entertainment were left by the Mycenaeans.
1. What did the Minoan and the Mycenaean civilizations have in common?
Answer: Like the Minoans, they traded by sea with Egypt and Asia Minor. 2. In what ways were the Minoan and the Mycenaean civilizations different?
Answer: Well the Minoan were actually in the cultural part and the Mycenaenan were in a lot of famous battles. 3. Why do you think so many aspects of Minoan civilization are found at Mycenae
Answer: Because they were both in the same region and also was located in the same place. (In Greece) 4. What other geographical areas, besides Mycenae, might Minoan civilization have influenced?
Answer: In the information it says that the traded with Egypt so then Egypt is a good civilization they have influenced. So also the Asian Minor. 5. What aspects of Minoan and Mycenaean civilizations would you expect to have survived in later periods of Greek history?
Answer: They noticed decreasing population and limited literacy. 6. Using your textbook pages 256-257, explain how the decline of the Minoans and the Mycenaeans was similar.
Answer: These people in the places always was not ready for battle so they got attacked often times. (Natural disasters) (Earth Quake etc...)
This is the scribble map.
This is the mesopotamia and the ur anf uruk and stuff.This is the egypt and nile river stuff.
your images are too big to read your map.
This is the the Sumerian Medicine by Tonny Shim.
This is the Ancient Egypt comic. Which is by Tonny Shim.
Assignment 1
Using your notes and page 4 from your online textbook, answer the following questionson your wiki page.
1. Were you born in a BCE year or an CE year? I was born in the CE year because i was born in Comman Era
2. Put the following dates in order: AD 2000, 3100 BC, 15 BCE, AD 476, AD 3, CE 1215. A
: 3100BCE, 15BCE, AD2000, AD476, AD3, CE1215.
3. If you read that an event happened c. AD 1000, what would that mean? That would mean 1000years after christ was born.
Assignment 2
Just like the questions you were asked in class, please create five questions about the timeline we used in class.
1. What events happened before the Common Era?
A: 8 things happened before Common Era:
1. Emergence of modern humans
2. Burin (tool for carving wood) was invented
3. Last Ice Age
4. Sewing needles were invented
5. Cave paintings created in France
6. Fishhooks were invented
7. Farming of corn in Peru
8. Emergence of cuneiform
2. Columbus reached America in 1492, what decade was this?
A: the 1490’s
3. How many years are there between the beginning of the building of the Great Wall of China and the paper invented in China?
A: 221-105: 116 years
4.What do you think this means, “Emergence of cuneiform”?
A: emergence of ancient writing.
5. What do you think burin means?
A: A tool for carving wood
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Assignment 3
Human Origins-The Puppet Play Project Response
Note you will have 3 class periods to prepare your plays. See Resources-1
Answer the following questions on your wiki page.
1. What were your roles in the 'Creation of a Puppet Show' project?
The roles I took in the "Creation of a Puppet Show" project were to think about the costumes for the puppets, make the puppets with my group members and help the scriptwriter with ideas.
2. What Problems did your group run into?
The problems that our group ran into were that we didn't have a lot of puppets and we could have made the background a bit more interesting.
3. How did your group deal with these problems?
Our group made more puppets that were more creative than other ones and we tried to make the background more interesting.
4. Identify two similarities between all of the origin stories.
The similarities between the origin stories are that they all had good backgrounds and none of the people who actually did the paper puppets didn't use like light do make a real paper puppet show.
5. Compare and Contrast any of the two origin stories presented in class (at least one paragraph).
Well, in class everybody did a different story and also they did the puppets as different styles or materials. the similarities is that they all did a excellent job and also they all made a good back ground. There were three groups which presented one was the Greek and another was Chinese and the last thing was Egypt. I thought that the Greek group and the Chinese group looked like they had the same style of the puppets and also have nearly the same endings.
Assignment 4
Please read pages 29 & 30 from your online textbook and answer these questions clearly and in complete sentences on your wiki page.
1. On which continent were Lucy and other hominids found? A: There contenent is africa.
2. What is the scientific name of Lucy? A: Lucys scientific name is Homo Eructus
3. How long ago did Lucy live? A: Lucy lived over 3 million years
4. What was an important step in human development? A: They important development was to walk on two legs.
5. Describe and explain how these hominids are different from each other. Use the charts about the hominids on page 30 to help you with the answer.
Make sure your answer is clear and detailed.
=Australopithecus
Homo habilis
A: These Homids are different from eachother because the brain size and the year of how much they lived is different and also the top 2 on the graph do not have what they used but the bottom two do. Also, it is developing more stuff and also the brain look different.=Homo erectus
Homo sapiens
6. Which hominid are you?
A: My hominid is a homo Sapience because that the time where the english is built and this is also called Wise Man. Homo Sapiens predate the development of English by hundreds of thousands of years..more or less.
Assignment 5
Read pages 32-34 from your online textbook and answer these questions clearly and in complete sentences on your wiki page.
Why do historians need archaeologists and anthropologists to study prehistory?
What might have been one advantage of walking completely upright?
What kind of tools did people use during the Paleolithic Era?
Design a stone and wood tool you could use to help you with your chores. Describe your tool in a sentence or two.
What is a hunter-gatherer?
In your opinion, what was the most important change brought by the development of language?
Define the boldfaced words above.
Answers: 1. The historians need them because they need to have could information from the past and also know alot about the stone men.
2. The advantage of walking straight is that they could not crawl and also it would be more hard for them to not walk of lots of reasons in life.
3. I think that in the Paleothic Era there tools were wood and spears.
4. I would design a stone which could be a vacuum and put electronic device in there and then make it clean our rubbish.
5. A Hunter Gather is the early stone age people who hunt and catch wild plants to survive.
6.The thing that I thought was the importance development for the language is that know the cave men know how to speak and also when they got the language it was better for them to communicate.
7. Prehistory: This means archeologists discovery's and spots during human history.
Paleolithic era: I think that this means a term which you call "Stone Age".
Tools: Tools are things that you use when you hunt or when you try and fix something.
Hunter Gatherer: A hunter gather is a hunter who usually catches animals and wild plants. (This is usually girls who do it)
Assignment 6-
Use your online textbook (p. 40 & p. 41) to answer these questions clearly and completely. Please put your answers on your wiki page. 1. Read the paragraph in the Beginnings of Agriculture section on p.40 and answer the question (How could this discovery change your life?). Read The First Farmers and Plants section on p.41 and answer these questions: 2. What is another name for the New Stone Age? 3. What kinds of tools did people make during this time? What do you think they used these tools for? 4. In the textbook it says that people during the Neolithic period could now make fire. Which hominid would this be? 5. When we changed from gathering food to growing food, historians called it the Neolithic Revolution. Why do you think it's called a revolution? 6. What is the definition for the word 'domestication'? 7. Using the map on p.41, which animals were domesticated in Asia? 8. Using the map on p.41, where was corn first domesticated? 9. If you were a farmer, how would your life be different than a hunter and gatherer. Give three ways your life would be different.
1. A: This discovery would change your life by getting more food and also it is delicious but also this is a place which you would only know so you could eat lots of food each day. Also, you would not need to worry about food if you only just spit the seeds on the ground.
2. A: Another name for new stone age is, “Neolithic Era”.
3. A: They polish stones to make tools like saw or driller. These could be used for making houses better or cutting hard food which you want cut with your mouth. Well., for the drillers they could of drilled there houses on the ground to make a toilet and for the saws they could of cut some meat.
4. A: It would be the Homo sapiens or the Homo eructus.
5. A: It is called revoulution because it is know a new stage upon so like a new start of the Neolithic period.
6. A: The definition for domestication is, The process of changing the plants or animals to make them more useful for humans.
7. A: The animals which are domesticated are the Hors and the Sheep and cattle and last of all Goats.
8. A: The corn was first domesticaded in North America.
9. The three ways your life would be easier is you would not need to get plants or get animals the second is that you would have to do hard work but it is not that hard as actually have to get animals and plants, 3rd is that you would not be that stressed by coming back and down with the object you are holding.
Assignment 7
Write 3 good test questions covering any of the topics we have studied so far.
Answer these questions clearly and completely on your wiki page.
1. What was the main difference between life in the Paleolithic period and life in the Neolithic period?
2. How did people's lives change as they began to domesticate plants and animals during the Neolithic period?
3. What are some advantages and disadvantages of the changes in daily life that occurred as a result of the development of agriculture?
Answers:
The three test questions:
1. Do you think that the neolithic period had a good surgery for people ho are hurt? Why?
2. In the video, "Walking with the cave man" Video do you think that they had fruit to eat? Why?
3. Which time was the paleolithic period and which time was the neolithic period? Why?
The thinking questions:
1. Well, as you know you could see that the main difference was that in the paleolithic time it was a very hard time to be happy in life but in the neolithic time it would of been easier then the paleolithic. This could be because of the food supplies or the "Trading".
2. As you know this was the biggest substance in life. Well, suddenly in that time there is a plant which actually gains alot in. You would actually not need to even think about the food.
3. The disadvantages for agriculture is you wouldn't be in a hunting mood lots of times because everything would be there in your farming place but the advantage in agriculture is that you would not be always thinking about which food you would have.
Class Study Guide
Hominids and their Characteristics:
There is the Homo Sapiens and the Homo Habilis and the Homo Eructus and the Austrolopithicis. The Austrololpithicis term was the first men or woman who was standed on the Earth and then it was the Homo Habilis and then the Homo Eructus and then the Homo Sapiens. these were the importance for the Hominids. as you know the Austrolopithicis was called The southern ape and also was and it appeared in Africa in 4 to 5 million years ago and they standed upright and these were the first people who discovered Earth. There brain size was the 3 size for the usual brain size. Now next is the Homo Habilis this type was the next term and was called handy man and also appeared in Africa about 2.4 million years ago. They used early stone tools for chopping and scraping. There brain was about half the size for Modern humans. The next is the Homo Eructus. These people are now called Upright men and the appeared in Africa About 2 to 1.5 years.They used early stone age tools like axes. Also they learned to control fire and they also migrated to africa to asia and then Europe. The Homo Sapiens Also is called the Wise man and they appeared in Africa about 200000 years ago. They were migrating around all the world. Thia Homind is the same speciey as the hominid right know so we are in the Homo Sapiens world. These people used to learn fire and a lot of variety of tools. They developed there own language. These are all the Hominids in our world until know but this could be carried until later.
Vocabulary:
The vocab that I think that I need to know or practice more is these:
Homo Habilis
Homo Erutus
Homo Sapiens
Austropithicis
Flint knife
Obsidian knife
Tools
Hunter gatherer
Neolithic
Paleolithic
Even though I know these vocabs I think that I should practice more and get a good score on the test.
Aspects of Daily life effects notes:
Well, for the aspects of daily life I thought that the main difference was that the food was very hard to get and also the hujnter gatheres did nmot know that much developments for catching animals or plants. Also, I thought that the seetlement so as said the places where they live is way different because in the Neolithic term there houses were well made and more easily comfortable but for the Paleolithic term it was way different and also there houses were all made in rags and all mushed up.
Also, there resources were all different because by making the jewelry with animal teeth or fur than rather making the necklace with real good jewelry is a way different term. This is because making it would teeth would of hurt you and it would stink because they would not have machines which clean the teeth and they do not also have a sharp teeth maker which it could make the teeth more sharp. Know the last two things is that the shelter and the technology. First with shelter, in the neolithic period they had excellent shelter and also had a place like our houses we have but if the paleolithic period this was a way different situation... They did have shelter but this shelter is very fragile like a tent so if lightning comes then you go hell so this was a very dangerous shelter to sleep and eat in. now it goes to the technology, the technology is basically the tools which they use for there hunting and cutting. In the paleolithic period they had like a obsisdian knife which was there best hand knife which they ever made n there life time. But in the Neolithic period they actually had a driller and chopper and a hand ax. So this the information which is different between the Paleolithic and the Neolithic.
Assignment 8
Use these two videos about Catal Huyuk to answer these questions clearly and completely on your wiki page.
Catal Huyuk video 1
Catal Huyuk video 2
1. What are three things about daily life in Catal Huyuk that surprised you? Why did they surprise you?
2. What are three things about daily life in Catal Huyuk you knew already from class?
3. Jookie is a 12 year old living in Catal Huyuk. Explain three ways her life is different than yours. (Note: Simply saying you have cell phones and she doesn't is an unacceptable answer.)
1.There are 3 things that i was suprised of, 1 is when they actually did a surgery with a stone tool and it was actually making the person alive. I thought that this is a suprising scene because even in these times we cant get a surgery with a rock because you might die but they actually did it and he survived. The other one is that when he discovered that when he actually peed he actually found the water and also from that time he knew to grow crops and that started the agriculture. I thought that this is a suprising scene because they knew how to start the agriculture. Also The last thing is that when they kind of painted the head of the person i thought that this was interesting because if they really liked that person then they shouldnt do these weird stuff but they actually did a painting and i was really satisfied at that scene in the you tube video.
2. I knew that Catal Huyuk was a place in Turkey and in this place there were people and they traded and this was the first place to which actually start the agriculture and domestication.
3. Well, she is actually living in Catal Huyuk and she is also a past ancestor she has been telling us the agriculture and also the domestication.
Assignment 9
Now that we are finished with the Early Humans unit, I would like you to reflect on what you have learned about Early Humans. Please complete these sentences clearly and with specific details. Write the answers on your wiki page.
1. The single most important thing I learned was...
2. Something that confused me or that I didn't understand was...
3. What surprised me the most was...
4. I would like to know more about...
5. The part that I think I will always remember was...
1. The important thing that i learned in this section is when we talked about how they started Agriculture and also how they started the domestications. This is because i really thought that farming and growing stuff was actually was just made by a regular farmer but it was actually not that and also about the domestications i thought that this term is also just commonly made and not in those hard terms the past people into.
2. Something that i did not understand that is when we talked about the Effect on Daily Life. I thought that this was hard because when he gave us Homework of it i did not really know that we had to look at the article to get the answers.
3. The thing which suprised me the most was when the agricuture started and also when the domestication started. This is because there were lot of details in both when i thought that it was so plain.
4. I would actually like to learn more about the Catal Huyuk assignment because i wanted to have more information about that place and why it is called Catal Huyuk and also why is is named or in Catal huyuk are there any more interest in the place or else How did they actually train the animals and as well as called Domestication.
5. The part i think that i would always remember is the part about the skull of the head which is dipped down in paint. This is because it is gross and also i am always thinking why would i do that to a person i actually like...?
Assignment 2-1
Answer the following questions and define the vocabulary (if any) clearly and with details on your wiki page. Use the links above from the Class Activity 2-1to help you answer the questions.
Event A: Food Shortage
1. What helped the human population to grow in Mesopotamia?
2. What does cultivate mean?
3. By 5000 B.C.E. what major problem did the farmers in the Zagros hills have?
4. Using the choices in the critical thinking section of the activity, what is the best way to deal with the food shortage? Why?
Event B: Uncontrolled Water Supply
1. What two major problems did farmers have as they tried to grow their crops on the Mesopotamian river plains?
2. How did they solve these problems?
3. Where did the melted snow that caused flooding come from?
Answers for event a:
1. Well, how the human population came bigger is that when they started domesticating sheeps and animals and when they grew alot of crops and also when in the neolithic time when they got timber. They also made better shelter and more better food and crops.
2. Cultivate is a prepared or could be a used land for crops and other growing and also gardening on lands.(Farming).
3. However the bad situation was that on that when the sun was to hot there ground came to stiff so they could not plant there crops because they died easily and farely quickly.
4. I think that the number b is the best because the other ones are trying to do something bad to somebody or something. Even though it could damage our places we could still try at least and we shouldn't give up.
Answeres for event b.
1. The two things that were bad in mesopotamia is when the soil on the ground was to stiff an hard and really dry and the other ones was the hot and strong winds blew all the soil out of the way.
2. well, they were trying to solve this problem by actually self making a watering system and making it .
3. The flooding was coming from down the foot hills so actually the plains of the river.
Assignment 2-2
Answer the following questions and define the vocabulary (if any) clearly and with details on your wiki page. Use the links above from the In Class Activity 2-1 called Event C: Building and Maintaining a Complex Irrigation System & Event D: Attacks by Neighboring Communities to help you answer the questions.
Event C: Building and Maintaining a Complex Irrigation System
1. What was the first simple method farmers used to get water to their fields from the Tigris and Euphrates Rivers?
2. How did farmers prevent flooding?
3. Over time, carrying buckets of water to the fields was too difficult. Please clearly explain how levees, canals, dams, and reservoirs were used to make life easier for farmers?
4. Which word means an extra supply of something such as food?
5. What could happen if one canal was clogged?
6. How did different villages take care of the complex irrigation system?
Event D: Attacks by Neighboring Communities
1. How did Mesopotamian villages help each other?
2. How were people, who lived very far apart, connected to each other?
3. What did many villages grow into?
4. What do we call the region in Mesopotamia that had many growing cities and towns? What are the people called that come from this region?
5. How could one city stop the water from reaching another city?
6. Why was it easy to attack other cities on the Mesopotamian plains?
7. What defense plan is best to protect a city?
Ansewers:
Event c
1. Well, I think that they actually went to the river and got the water and came back to there houses and drank.
2. They actually made a system which they could prevent the flooding from. They actually poked a wall and did it.
3. Well the leeves are used for to actually protect you house from other defenses. (Farming). And Canals is to control like the direction of the water with the wind. The dam is which something which blocked the water from coming to much.
4. "Surplus" means a extra supply.
5. If the canal was clogged then they had to started cleaning and try to not get it clogged.
6. I think that because of all the damages they actually made some items. or examples like I said the dams or the leeves and the canals or stuff like that.
Event d
1. The villages help each other by trading and also giving each other food. They also worked on getting stuff out. When also a battle comes they kind of helps.
2. They were actually connected by like a link. They were connected in a irrigation system to.
3. The villages grew into alot of cities or towns.
4. It was "sumer".
5. They actually went to the cities and blocked the canals of them because the canal was blocked.
6. Because it was a small place compared to ours and they are towns people.
7. I thought that a good defense plan would be to have alot of armies in front and also have a lot og gates so they can not come in. Also we could make an entrance for the people who need to come out of that place.
Assignment 2-3
Please read pages 56-59 from your online textbook and answer these questions clearly and in complete sentences on your wiki page.
1. How did the Fertile Crescent get its name?
2. What was the most important factor in making Mesopotamia's farmland fertile?
3. In what ways did a Division of Labor contribute to the growth of Mesopotamiam civilization?
4. How might running large projects like the maintaining a large and complex irrigation system prepare people for running a government?
Answers
1. Well, I thought that it got its name by saying that Fertile is like soial anf Crescent is the land shape is like a crescent.
2. Well, being in two rivers which fertilized the land between.
3. Well, they had jobs like religious leaders and government workers.
4. Because people would like your idea and actually want to pick that person because he could smart.
Assignment 2-4
Using The Six Characteristics of a Civilization (see below), answer the following questions clearly and with details on your wiki page.
1. Is Korea/ the U.S. a civilization according to the six characteristics explained in class? Provide one example from Korea/the U.S. for each characteristic.
2. Does a civilization, in your opinion, need to have all of the characteristics mentioned? Why or why not?
The Six Characteristics of a Civilization:
1. A system of government that directs and controls some actions of the members of the society.
2. A regular food supply that is not likely to suddenly change.
3. Specialization of labor, in which members of the society perform different jobs.
4. Different social levels, in which some members of the society are given higher status than others.
5. A highly developed culture including art, architecture, music, literature, science, and writing.
6. A religious system, which might include priests and temples.
Answeres:
1. Well, I think it is the US. This is because the the government does control the members of the society by laws and other stuff. The people alss does not change the food supply suddnely because if they did then it would be different. And also in every coumtry every member has a different job and changes the lives. The people also social levels so there could be people who are rich and people who are poor. There also could be alot of different culture like art music and science math, Because in schools they have all these other subjects. They do have a religous thing because of christian and catholic.
2. Well, I think that they should not have everything. I thought of this because they could change the food supply suddenly or they could actually have more cultures. It is not nesscary that they have to do everything.
Assignment 2-5
Use your online textbook pages 63 & 64 to answer these questions clearly and with details on your wiki page. Make sure to look through the whole page in your textbook and the links for the vocabulary when answering some of the questions.
Where did the Akkadians live?
What was their relationship with the Sumerians like before the 2300s B.C.E.?
Who was Sargon and what did he do?
What did Sargon establish?
Define 'empire'.
Explain two examples why Sargon is considered a great leader.
How long did Sargon rule his empire?
What eventually happened to the Akkadian Empire?
Who eventually became the most powerful civilization in Mesopotamia again?
Using the picture of the City-State of Ur, what can you see in the picture that shows Ur was an advanced city?
Answers:
1. These people lived in the north part of Sumeria, but they said that they are not actually Sumerians.
2. They actually lived on piece happily but after 2300 BCE they actually broke the peace.
3. Sargon was a person when the piece was broken he was the one who built the territory. He actually mad a capital called, "Akkad" and also, nearly won.
4. "Sargon" established to make a capital called Akkad which is near the Euphrates River.
5. Well it means like a group of country's having a big country authorize them.
6. He was a great considered leader because he does his work properly and always think and then acts out things. For example when he made the capital.
7. He ruled his empire for about 1th century.
8. Well, they did not want the enemy to come in, so they got Ur and they then conquered Mesopotamia.
9. Well, the sumerian's actually became the most powerful civilization.
10. IT was very wide and also they had high wall to surround around every where. They also, had made canals connected to Ur.
Assignment 2-6
After playing the Trader's Circuit, answer the following questions in complete sentences on your page. You can copy and paste these questions into your page. Then go to the discussion tabs of at least three other classmates and make good quality middle school comments about your classmates answers to the questions about the Trader's Circuit game. You can make comments to your classmates like if you agree or disagree or comments about how good their answers and ideas are.
Trader's Circuit questions
1. What part of the game did you like the best? Why?
2. During the game, how did you feel and why did you feel that way?
3. What part of the game was difficult for you?
4. In your opinion, what advantage is there to having a monopoly of an entire product/resource such as dates or jewelry?
5. What part of the game would you change if you played it again? Why?
6. In this game, was it better to cooperate with another player or to be selfish and try to get all the products/resources for yourself? Why?
Answers
1. The part of the game I liked most was when I actually got my materials I really needed. This is because I got all my stuff and also I actually completed a big work of mine.
2. I felt not that happy because actually "someone" was actually stealing my cards and also Sihaks card. This felt that he was actually should get wipped because in this game if you steal the cards you could actually could get in big trouble.
3. The part what was difficult for me was when me and my sellers had to actually argue in through something to goet that but what if you need the same thing and only one person has it.
4. A good thing is that they could actually get there things they really need and also in that time jewelry was very good so we actually need everything of these stuff.
5. If I played this game again then I would change the rules like if you had 2 of each card then you could win. This is because if we only aim for one material then we could get fighting and always asking for the same thing.
6. Well particulary in this game I thought that this game you should actually be selfish because you need your markets to be good and also it would take alot of time if you really cooperated.
Assignment 2-7
Source: Read pages 74 and 75 in your online textbook
Directions: Read the questions/directions carefully and write clear and detailed answers on your wiki page.
1. Read the "If you were there..." section on page 74. How will you advise the King?
2. What happened to Ur by 2000 BCE?
3. Where was Babylon located?
4. Who became the king of Babylon? When did he become king?
5. What is a monarch?
6. After conquering all of Mesopotamia, what did Hammurabi call his empire?
7. Hammurabi was a great warrior and leader. What other skills did he have?
8. What is Hammurabi's Code? What areas of daily life did the code cover?
9. Give two reasons why Hammurabi's Code was important.
10. What eventually happened to the Babylonian Empire? How is this similar to what happened to the Akkadian Empire?
11. Read the different laws in the Code of Hammurabi on this site and choose three that you think are interesting. Copy the three laws and their numbers onto your page. Then for each law, explain why you think it's interesting. You can write about if you disagree or agree with the law or if you think the law is a good law or a cruel law.
Assignments:
1. Well, I would say that they should rather punish the noble people because they are higher than normal common people because these noble people are more or have a more higher stage and also these common people should actually kind of learn from the noble people what to not do and what to do.
2. This is when UR'S power ran out and also the mesopotamia went weird and also it got kind of low.
3. It was near the Euprhates river and which is know Iraq.
4. The new king is Hammurabi and he actually became the king in 1972.
5. A monarch is It is like the kindgom or the empire.
6. He called it the bablyon empire.
7. Well, he had ruling the other country skills.
8. Hamurabis code was to actually punish people who did something wrong liking to sew.
9. This is because his code was the for everbody to see so it would of been very illegal.
10.When Hammurabi died then the city was then not strong and also the Akkadian empire faded away after the king died.
11
1. If his son is still young, and can not take possession, a third of the field and garden shall be given to his mother, and she shall bring him up.
I think that this is not fare because well even thought though his son is not possesed just because he is the son of the top people he should rule the world and be the king or queen of a country.
2. If any one bring an accusation of any crime before the elders, and does not prove what he has charged, he shall, if it be a capital offense charged, be put to death.
This is not good to because something actually called death is a bad thing. Well, i think that even though someone did something really bad or wrong it is still bad to actually kill someone.
3. If any one steal the property of a temple or of the court, he shall be put to death, and also the one who receives the stolen thing from him shall be put to death.
This is very bad because I said that killing people I bad and also if you just kill the person with no reason then this is not good because this reason could be a good thing they are actually doing, well you never really know.
Assignment 2-8
Source: Read pages 76 and 77 in your online textbookDirections: Review Pages 76-77 and choose one of the groups below. Research the group you have chosen (two links are provided for each already) and complete The Characteristics of Civilization Chart for the civilization you have chosen. Write clear and detailed
answers in the chart, on your wiki page.=Characteristics of Civilization=
Civilization Name: Assyrians
You can see by that sentence that there are traders and soldiers there.Six Characteristics of Civilization
Evidence for Characteristic
Explanation
Because they have the water and something to eat.
Was it difficult to find evidence for the culture you picked? Why or why not?
Yes, because even though he gave us the source, it was very hard for us to make the decisions and actually write.
Assyrians
http://www.historyforkids.org/learn/westasia/history/assyrians.htm
http://ancienthistory.about.com/cs/egypt/a/assyriaintro.htm
Hittites
http://www.wsu.edu:8080/~dee/MESO/HITTITES.HTM
http://www.historyforkids.org/learn/westasia/history/hittites.htm
Chaldeans
http://www.mnsu.edu/emuseum/prehistory/middle_east/nebuchadnezzar.html
http://www.wsu.edu:8080/~dee/MESO/CHALDEAN.HTM
Assignment 1
Sources:
Carefully read your online textbook pages 88 and 89. (Note: Make sure you scroll down on page 89 to see more information.)
Use the map above, the maps in the Egypt Resources wiki page, or your Scribble Map search function
Directions:
Your task is to label a map of the Nile River and ancient Egypt on your current Scribble Map. You must mark, label, or represent famous sites, cities, and other objects. Label everything carefully. (Note: Marklabel means use a text label, represent means draw a symbol to show the item.) means use a marker,
You must also provide an image and a description for some of the labels. Each description must be at least three sentences long and must be clear, detailed, and specific. Your description should give us clear information to help us understand the item or place and why it was so important for ancient Egyptians.
1. Represent and label the Nile’s Sixth Cataract to the First Cataract.
2. Label the Red Sea.
3. Represent three mines and three quarries. Provide an image and a description for each mine and quarry.
4. Represent and label these historic sites: the Valley of the Kings, the Great Pyramid of Khufu, the Sphinx, Abu Simbel, the Pharos (lighthouse in the port of Alexandria), the Bahriya Oasis and the Farafra oasis (include palm trees). Provide an image and a description for each historic site.
5. Mark these cities: Abydos, Thebes, Giza, Hermopolis, Memphis, Bubastis, Rosetta, Alexandria, Meroe, Khartoum, and Elephantine
6. Label these geographical features: the Western Desert, the Eastern Desert, the Nile Delta (include animals found here), the Sinai Peninsula, the Wadi el-Natrun, the Mediterranean Sea, the Gulf of Suez, the Nubian Desert. Include animals of the desert. Provide an image and a description for each geographical feature.
7. Label Lower Egypt and Upper Egypt.
Assignment 3-3
Source: How to Mummify Nefermaat
Directions: Go to the link above to mummify a body. As you work to mummify the body, answer the following questions clearly and with details on your wiki page.
Why did Egyptians want to preserve dead bodies?
How did they preserve bodies? What is this process of preservation called?
Explain how the brain was removed from the dead body. Why was the brain removed?
Name the four internal organs that were removed from the body. What was done with these organs?
What did they do with the heart? Why?
What is natron and why was it used? Using your scribble map of Egypt, name the area where natron came from.
How was linen used during mummification?
What happens to the body after it was mummified?
What are amulets and how were they used? Give two examples of amulets that were used and explain why they were used.
Assignment 3-2
Source: Pages 93 & 94 in your online textbook and refer to your river boat tour notesDirections: Answer the following questions clearly and with details on your wiki page.
1. Read the If YOU were there section. How do you feel about working for the pharaoh?
A: I would still listen to the pharaohs orders. This is because If I don't then it would be rude and then something bad could happen to me.
2. Eventually the Third Dynasty began in ancient Egypt. The Third Dynasty was the beginning of what historians call ............. . When did it start and end?
A: The kingdom started at 2700BC and ended at 2700BC
3. Explain how ancient Egyptians felt about their country and their pharaoh
A: They thought that the gos had all the power. So they thought that he could do everything.
4. What were the responsibilities of the pharaoh?
A: The responsible things that the pharaoh should do is that they should rule the people and be like the boss.
5. What is best known about the famous pharaoh, Khufu? Can you name a specific monument built for him?
A: Khufu built the, "Great Pyramid Of Khufu".
6.a Clearly explain the structure of society in the Old Kingdom. (Note: This should be a long answer.)
A: Scribes: These people made things and also produced a lot of goods.
Crafts men: These people were like the scribes.
Pharoah: The king and the ruler of the place. A person who is now mummified.
Slaves: These people usually worked for more high statues people, usually the pharoah.
6.b. What may be some advantages and disadvantages of such a large segment of the population being farmers, servants, and slaves?
A: The slaves could produce the food because in slaves there is also the farmers. But if they do not then they would not
6.c. What did farmers do during flood season?
A: They had to gather the crops or they would die. The crops had to be sheltered.They also had to make the buildings for the pharoahs.
7. Clearly explain trading in ancient Egypt (what was traded and who they traded with).
A: These people traded goods like leopard skin or jewelry.
8. Define the word acquire. Use acquire in an original sentence.
A: Define: To come into ownership. Sentence: I had to acquire my property's.
9. Using the drawing of Egyptian society on page 94, explain where Viziers would be placed?
A: The viziers would be around the nobles part or section on the map.
Assignment 3-4
Part 1: Go to this site and read about the different Egyptian gods and goddesses. Choose one of these that you would like to be and explain why you would like to be that god or goddess. Then choose one that you would not want to be and explain why. Make sure your explanations are middle school quality explanations.Answer: The god I actually want to be is Aten. This is the god of sun. I would like to be like him because he could control the temperature and also has hand which grab things. Also, after Akhenaten was there the god was Aten.
The god which I don't want to be is the gos called, Tawaret. I do not want to be this god because he cares about the pregnant woman. Also, I thought that what kind of god would have this job.
Part 2: Compare these Egyptian gods and goddesses with the Mesopotamian gods and goddesses. Did you find similar gods? Name the gods/goddesses and clearly explain the similarities? Why do you think they are similar even though Egypt and the Mesopotamian civilizations were different?
Answer: Well, the gos which looked kin of the same was in mesopotamia is "Mushhushshu", and in egypt it is, Shu. The simliarties is the bodys style and the color. Also, the shapes. Well, I think some are simialir because if the names are similair. LIke In egypt it is shu and in mesopoyami it is Mushushushsu. So they both habe the shu in them.
Assignment 3-5
Read the information here about the three kingdoms in ancient Egypt. The problem with these three paragraphs is that each paragraph does not have specific details or evidence. Your task is to find specific details and evidence from our textbook for the information presented in each paragraph about each kingdom. Then re-write the paragraph adding the new specific details and evidence you found. Write the new paragraph on your wiki page. Grade each paragraph for quality:4=outstanding work, detailed, correct and above the call of duty
3=very good work, completes assignment, is above average
2=completes assignment correctly, average work
1=does not complete assignment, needs work
0=does not follow directions, assignment missing
Part 1
The Old Kingdom (2700 BCE - 2200 BCE)
Specific details and evidence about this kingdom can be found on pages 98-100 in our textbook.
Your specific details and evidence should give more information about...
Explanation: (2 or 3)
These people built something called a, "pyramid". A pyramid is a 3d triangle shaped tomb. IN these tombs there are gods and or the place rulers. Which are buried, in the pyramids. The pyramid has four side triangle and has spectacular monuments in it. These Egyptians first built the pyramid in the Old Kindom period. Well, the largest pyramid or toumb is the, "Pyramid of Khufu". These people first mummifi the rulers and then take out the brains and organs and wrap them with the tape. These Egyptians really thought that the pyramids were important because they thought that if they mumifi the ruler and bury them in the pyramid then they thought that the ruler of that place is still there and then the people still pray. There are workers which made these pyramids. The first pyramids which was built was not smooth on the corners and side. Then these worker thought and then began to make smooth pyramids in about 2700BC. And also the steps and the outer sides of the pyramid was made and covered with limestone. Then the workers would of have the entrance in with the rocks and then there is the pyramid. Then the government records how much they worked and then thy get paid.
Part 2
The Middle Kingdom (2100 BCE - 1800 BCE)
Specific details and evidence about this kingdom can be found on pages 101-102 in our textbook.
Your specific details and evidence should give more information about...
- the difference with the Old Kingdom
- what life was like during this time
- wars or battles and who was involed
Explanation: (2)The Old kingdom had Wealth and power and now it declined. The new kingdom came out. The MIddle Kingdom. For the next 160 years the nobles ruled the Egypt and no kingdom ruled it. Then by 2050BC a lot of powerful pharoahs were defeating the rivals and then the Middle KIngdom started. Then from 1750BC the Hkyos invaded in. These people used horses and charoits ti conquer the Lower Egypt. Then they one and conquered the place for almost 200 years. In the 1500BC the Egyptians invaded back. Then Ahmose the ruler of Thebes decleared the war and said that he is going to rule all over Egypt.
Part 3
The New Kingdom (1500 BCE - 1000 BCE)
Specific details and evidence about this kingdom can be found on pages 101-103 in our textbook.
Your specific details and evidence should give more information about...
Explanation:
This was the time when the Egypt expansion was growing. Egypt expanded the military forces and it gain a lot of power. I this period all pharoahs were powerful and they were all buried in the Valley of the kings. In this time period because the pharoahs were strong ther were alot of wars between other groups. These people wanted the wars so if they win then they would be the ruler of all that place too.
Assignment 3-7
Ancient Egypt Topic Peer AssessmentGo to our YouTube Channel and login using the username and password given in class.
You will assess your classmates' videos using the rubric for the ancient Egypt project and by answering the questions below. Each answer must be at least two sentences long.
Post your assessment in the comments section under each classmate's video. Please make sure you include your first name only or your comment will be deleted.
You must comment on four classmates' videos:
- classmate above your name
- classmate below your name
- two other classmates of your choice
(Note: YouTube has a 500 word limit on comments. You might have to divide your assessment comments into two posts.)1. How did your classmate make the video interesting and creative?
2. Was it easy to understand your classmates presentation including his/her voice? Why or why not?
3. Clearly explain two things you learned from your classmate's video.
4. How could your classmate improve his/her video?
Assignment 3-8
Now that we are finished with the ancient Egypt unit, I would like you to reflect on what you have learned about ancient Egypt. Please complete these sentences clearly and with specific details. Write the answers on your wiki page. If you need reminders of what we did, just scroll through the assignments on this page or look through your notes.1. The single most important thing I learned was...
A: I learned a lesson that Social Studies is a big part of life because I never new about Ancient Egypt. I think that it is very important to know about this topic.
2. Something that confused me or that I didn't understand was...
A: Nothing really confused m but I really did not like doing the MAP, because I thought it was kind of waste of time.
3. What surprised me the most was...
A: I was surprised when I learned so much stuff in Social class about Ancient Egypt, and now that I know everything about it.
4. I would like to know more about...
A: I would like to know more about the Egyptian Pharaohs and what these Pharaohs do.
5. The part that I think I will always remember was...
A: When we did the big Project on Ancient Egypt, with my friend.
Assignment 4-1
Source: IndiaSubcontinentMapTrans.jpg
Directions: Look at the map above, read the text below, and answer the following questions on your wiki page:
In the 1990's, satellite pictures revealed an ancient, dried riverbed located in India's present-day Thar Desert. Geologists have identified this riverbed as the route of the ancient Sarasvati River. The Sarasvati lay east of the Indus River and generally followed the same course, originating in the Himalaya mountains and emptying into the Arabian Sea. Geologists believe that the Sarasvati River dried up around 1900 B.C.E. Over time, the once fertile area around the Sarasvati River dried up around 1900 B.C.E. Over time, the once fertile area around the Sarasvati evolved into the dry, hot desert that exists today.
Early Indian agricultural settlements arose in the Indus-Sarasvati river region at least as far back as 6500 B.C.E. Like many other ancient peoples, the early Indians settled by rivers. They settled primarily on the banks of the Sarasvati River as well as along the banks of the Indus River. These rivers provided the ancient Indians with plenty of water, and the land near the rivers was fertile and excellent for growing crops. The rivers also provided the Indians with a convenient way to travel and trade among themselves and with other civilizations. Archeologists have found artifacts from the Indus-Sarasvati civilization - such as carved seals - in Mesopotamia's Sumer. These discoveries have led scholars to believe that the early Indians traded with Mesopotamia, possibly by traveling in ships down the Indus and Sarasvati rivers to the Arabian Sea and then west to Sumer and other locations.
After the Sarasvati River dried up around 1900 B.C.E., the Indus-Sarasvati Indians moved to more habitable areas, such as the fertile banks of the Ganga river further east. Archeological evidence shows, however, that people settled by the Ganga River as far back as 5000 B.C.E.
Questions:
1. In what ways is your map similar to the one that you see in the map above?
My map is similiar to the map you gave us because it has the same futures and places. Also it shows us the settlements where the Indian people lived.
2. What physiographic features can you identify on this map that are not on your map?
I could see that there is something called, "Sarasvati River". But overall not a lot of stuff are missing.
3. Why do you think settlements developed along the Indus and Sarasvati rivers? Explain with clear and complete details.
This is because the Indus and Sarasvati river has a lot of Fertile soil and is good land to grow crops.
4. Accurately draw and label the ancient Sarasvati River on your map.
5. Why did ancient Indian people eventually migrate to the Ganga River?This is because they also thought that this was a good Fertile Bank in the further East.
Assignment 4-2
Website: Indus Valley
Use the website above to answer these questions. Write your answers in complete sentences with clear details on your wiki page.
1. What was discovered during the excavations of Mohenjo-Daro?
Jewelry and seal tablets and statues. Toy for a lot of youngers and things made out of clay.
2. How is Mohenjo-Daro similar to our cities today?
The cities are busy like ours right know. They have proper houses with proper clothing and also have windows... ETC
3. What can we learn from archaeological discoveries (such as artifacts and city construction) in Mohenjo-Daro?
We new a lot of Mohenjo-Dara history and how they lived and there settlements.
4. Give clear and specific information about how people lived in Mohenjo-Daro. In your answer, you have to talk about the artifacts that you discovered and put into the museum.
Well, in Mohenjo-Daro people live in the West of India near the Indus river. These people had accesory and water irrigation stuff and wells and grain measuring tools. The girls and boys where the accesories because they want to look pretty and rich. These people need to drink and ash so they need the water irrigation systems and the wells. The grain mesuring is used for measuring grain.
5. What do we know about the Priest-King?
Someone called the Priest King was discovered or known on the year 1927. He was a good person and he was a king of priest.
6. What was the Great Bath and how was it used?
The Great Bath was a very important Citadel. It was the main scene. It is Northern half of the Citadel.
It is built of fine brickwork, measures 897 square feet (83 square metres), and is 8 feet (2.5 metres) lower than the surrounding pavement.
Assignment 4-3
Source:
Think about the activity we did in class as archeologists in Mohenjo-Daro. Using the source above, your ideas, and the notes you took about archeologists ideas, answer the following questions clearly and completely on your wiki page. Each answer should be at least two sentences long with specific information.
1. What have you learned about daily life in Mohenjo-Daro from this activity?
I thought that everything was depended on the specilization of labor because it was like the governments controls and the society controls.
2. Which characteristics of civilization do you see represented in the artifacts you looked at? Explain.
On these artifacts I saw Cultural Art work and designs. This is because the designs on the seal tablets and the designs on the accesories is very peculiar.
3. In what ways do you think Mohenjo-Daro was like a modern city?
I think that the plumbing made the city modern a lot.
4. Why do you think it is difficult for us to know exactly what life was like in ancient civilizations like those in the Indus-Sarasvati region?
This is because the Ancient civilization words are really hard to read because they are Ancient. Also it would be difficult to get a lot of information because we do not know how to read or write or speak Ancient India.
5. What do you think might have contributed to the decline of Mohenjo-Daro?
These could be robbery or killing or murder. It could also be bad environment like flood wash mud or destroying crops.
Assignment 4-4
Answer the following questions clearly and with details on your wiki page.
1. What varna were you in during the caste system simulation?
Answers: My Varna was the lowest class and is called, "Sudras".
2. What was your favorite part about the caste system simulation? Why?
Answers: My favourite part of the Caste system is that we where the lowest class but I liked the acting.
3. What part of the simulation made you angry, upset, or frustrated? Why?
Answers: I was angry when we were the lowest class and the other varna stages could ask us anything and we have to do everything for them.
4. Do you think this system is fair? Why or why not?
Answers: This system is not that fair because he should let us pick which Varna stage we should be.
5. Do you think a society should organize people into social classes? Why or Why not?
Answers: I think that the society should be organized in social classes because that's the way the society works and that is your problem because you made your self form a social class.
Assignment 4-5
Website: India-Government
Use the website above and what you have learned in class so far to answer these questions about the early Indus River Governments.
1. Why would having a central government help in planning and organizing a city?
Answer: If you have a central government then that ruler could control everything fast, but then if you have a lot of rulers or governments then if your ideas do not mach on something then it would take long and hard to do.
2. Who were Rajahs?
Answer: They are the rulers of the city. The indus River Valley.
3. What is a Guru?
Answer: I type of teacher. Spiritual teacher.
4. What subjects were taught in school?
Answer: The subjects were all on religious Nature. They had to do chores.
5. Who was in charge of the government?
Answer: The Indus priests were in charge of the governments. This is because they were the highest level on social levels. Also, because they are the one who make offering to the gods.
6. Why did people look up to the priests?
Answer: Because they were the ones who does offering to the gods.
RAMAYANA POEM
Assignment 4-6
After completing your Understanding How Ashoka's Edicts Helped Unify India sheet answer the following comprehension questions:
1. What are the main ideas expressed in Ashoka's edicts?
Answer: I think that the main idea of Ashoka's edict is that you should respect other people and do not be mean. For example obey your parents and friends. Also not suffer from things.2. What are some of the ways in which Ashoka's leadership promoted unity in India?
Answer: The ways he promoted unity in India is that he made tree's and resting places for the people and also made cold and fair rules. He said that bad peolpe should be treated in a bad way and good people should be treated differently.3. In what ways did Ashoka's Buddhist beliefs contribute to the unification of India?
Answer: The Buddhist contributed in a lot of reborning like Samsara and also a lot of obeying the parent and friends. Always giving chances to pole and treating nice to them.4. In addition to the edicts, what else might have contributed to the unification of India during this time period?
Answer: There could be Kings and queen and thereu should be more edicts about treating poor people nicely.5. Explain how one of the edicts you examined could be categorized another way
(i.e. instead of Buddhist Values it could also concern Justice)
Answer: The one with the people should not got to jail for no reason. This cold be jusctice because it is unfair.Assignment 4-7
Source: Online Textbook pages 162-171Directions: You are a sage and you will teach your classmates a part of ancient India's history. The four parts (groups) are...
Each part has (or might have) pictures, illustrations, maps, dates, vocabulary words, and important people. Your job as a sage is to become an expert on your part so you will be able to comfortably and confidently teach others. Remember that if you don't understand the information, you won't be able to teach others properly. Follow these steps to become a great sage:
Steps
- Read all the information on the pages you are responsible for. Don't just read the main parts, look at the other information such as maps or diagrams or pictures.
- Take notes in your notebook and answer the Reading Check question after each section to make sure you understand the information. You also have to answer the questions about your section from page 176 (section 4 or 5).
- Decide how you are going to present the information to your students. Will you just talk about the information (this can be boring) or will you use visuals or give a slideshow presentation (this can be more interesting)? Remember that your students have not read the information and are counting on you to teach them in an interesting and educational way.
Answer: We could educate in another way by not onlt talking but some kind of acting it out for an example or showing them something interesting.- How will you check if your students understood the information? Will you make up questions to ask them? What else will you do? Will you ask your students to create something that shows their understanding? Think about how you are taught at school and the activities you do in your classes.
Answer: We could check if the students understood by asking them at the end a summary of what we said or questions.Assignment 6-3
Directions: Read the following information about the Minoans and the Mycenaeans and then answer the questions that follow in your notebook.The Origins of the Greeks
The Minoans:
Minoan culture developed on the island of Crete in approximately 3,000 B.C.E. Minoan palace murals (wall paintings) and painted pottery show us a great sea culture, fueled by fishing, farming, and local arts. The Minoans were master sailors and set up long-distance trade routes with Spain, Egypt, Canaan, and Asia Minor. Socially, the Minoans were an egalitarian (equal) culture, with both men and women holding respected positions in the fields of religion, agriculture, and craftwork. Recreation enjoyed by the Minoans included dancing to music and song, "bull-leaping" - and boxing, complete with boxing gloves and mouth guards. The remarkable peace-loving character of the Minoan civilization is obvious because they didn't have fortresses, war equipment, and painted battle scenes among the remains of their settlements. The Minoan civilization is historically important to Greece because it was the model for the Mycenaean (pronounced my-sih-NEE-in) civilization which is considered the earliest developed culture on mainland Greece.
The Mycenaeans:
Mycenae was settled in 2,700 B.C.E. Most of the myths about ancient Greek heroes and their famous battles come to us from the Mycenaeans. Later Greek poets such as Homer used these tales in their writings. The Mycenaeans spoke an early form of the Greek language, and developed an agricultural economy based on grains, grapes, and olives. Like the Minoans, they traded by sea with Egypt and Asia Minor. Unlike the Minoans, the Mycenaeans devoted most of their energies to developing a strong military. The circular royal tombs of Mycenae reveal collections of decorated uniforms, elaborate helmets, chariots, daggers, and axes. Horses were also extremely important to the Mycenaeans, as they were the vehicles of war. Mycenaean documents suggest that their society was hierarchical, with kings and soldiers in positions of power at the top of society, and prisoners of war who became slaves at the bottom of society who served the kings and soldiers. Other than artwork showing religious festivals and musical performances, very few artifacts of entertainment were left by the Mycenaeans.
1. What did the Minoan and the Mycenaean civilizations have in common?
Answer: Like the Minoans, they traded by sea with Egypt and Asia Minor.
2. In what ways were the Minoan and the Mycenaean civilizations different?
Answer: Well the Minoan were actually in the cultural part and the Mycenaenan were in a lot of famous battles.
3. Why do you think so many aspects of Minoan civilization are found at Mycenae
Answer: Because they were both in the same region and also was located in the same place. (In Greece)
4. What other geographical areas, besides Mycenae, might Minoan civilization have influenced?
Answer: In the information it says that the traded with Egypt so then Egypt is a good civilization they have influenced. So also the Asian Minor.
5. What aspects of Minoan and Mycenaean civilizations would you expect to have survived in later periods of Greek history?
Answer: They noticed decreasing population and limited literacy.
6. Using your textbook pages 256-257, explain how the decline of the Minoans and the Mycenaeans was similar.
Answer: These people in the places always was not ready for battle so they got attacked often times. (Natural disasters) (Earth Quake etc...)